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Archaeology in ninth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2020It is the fourth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World Universit...
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The future of experiencing the pastThe Faculty of Archaeology experiments with innovating their teaching methods, using 3D scans and visualisation technology to enable active learning. ...
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Mike Field’s Leiden Experience: ‘I try to make research teaching and teaching research.’Mike Field has been at the Faculty of Archaeology since 2008. As a driven archaeobotanist, he is consistantly contributing to the study of plant fossi...
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Approaching ancient Assyria through archaeology leads to new insightsDr Bleda Düring deemed it was time for an archaeological approach on the imperialisation of Assyria. ‘While there are lot of archaeological studies of...
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Holding the (colonial) fort in times of gentrificationOn the south coast of Sri Lanka is a colonial fort. Since it became a world heritage site, the fortified town of Galle has suddenly become a major tou...
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Raymond Corbey interviewed about new book on the missionary's perspective on New Guinean ritual artProtestant missionaries have provided the earliest and most detailed sources regarding the ritual art of the Papuan peoples of the Geelvink Bay. Raymo...
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Vici grants for three Leiden researchersThree Leiden researchers will each receive a Vici grant of 1.5m euros. They are historian Cátia Antunes, cell biologist Dennis Claessen and archaeolog...
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Garenmarket: woven into the fabric of LeidenFrom cloth to serge and from ‘frame lands’ to a wool factory. Archaeologist and historian Roos van Oosten was pleasantly surprised by what she found o...
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Archaeologist Rachel Schats on Science071 about malaria in medieval low countriesOsteoarchaeologist Rachel Schats investigates traces of malaria in old human skeletons. Even though the disease cannot be spotted directly in bone mat...
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Caribbean island of St. Kitts gets first Doctor in ArchaeologyOn February 4th standing before his doctoral committee at the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology, St. Kitts-born Cameron Gill, successfully defended and re...
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Ian Simpson’s Leiden Experience: ‘Engaging with heritage can be a matter of cultural survival’Ian Simpson is a relatively new face at the Faculty of Archaeology. Starting as an assistant professor in the Heritage and Society department in 2018,...
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Interview with osteoarchaeologist Rachel Schats in National Geographic MagazineOsteoarchaeologist Rachel Schats investigates traces of illnesses and disorders in human skeletons. Her search for malaria in the Low Countries' middl...
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'I am interested in how we simulate ourselves into the future'It is a known trait in humans to anchor innovations in the past, so as to make new developments easier to accept. It is an aspect of humanity that can...
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Archaeology thanks to computer-based researchA mix of data research, artificial intelligence and archaeology led to lively discussions on 31 January. On that day the unique event 'AI & Data Scien...
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Angels for sale: retrieving looted cultural propertyThe illicit trade in stolen cultural property is booming. Countless works of art and antiquities will be lost if we don’t do more to stop this. This i...